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Topic: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

I just saw it. Fuck, man. What a rush. Seeing good storytelling like that is like snorting a line of cocaine. Or several. Or whatever.

Blade Runner 2049 is a testament to Ridley Scott's ability to use light and composition to tell a story. The long, slow-burn of the pacing felt just like the original. Almost every frame could have been printed out and hung in a photography exhibit. Just beautiful work.

And while all that was super great, that's not what I loved about this movie. As far as visuals go, I really think that's the easy part. They've used the original as a template, and while this one was still brilliantly shot, it's imitative by nature.

To me, the performances were what won the day. I think anyone would have been able to just shoot visually "Blade Runner-esque" picture, throw in some Vangelis and call it a day. It was the subtle emotions of the characters, especially Ryan Gosling's K, that made this stand out as great.

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To be specific, I spent a large chunk of the movie going "please don't let him be Deckard's son. Please don't let him be Deckard's son". And he wasn't, and I was glad. What really got me was how K went from discovering he may have a family to having it all torn away from him. Instead that pain and sense of loss destroying him, he used it to give his life to get Deckard back to his daghter. And really, that's what the movie turned out to boil down to. In the end, we don't really know much about K. All we know is that he found his humanity and gave up everything to do the decent thing.

I was at the edge of my seat for pretty much the whole thing. My hat is off the Ridley. He's still got it.

Now he needs to put that much effort into making a decent Alien sequel.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." - Han Solo, Terminator 2: With a Vengeance

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

Kibouchi wrote:

I Blade Runner 2049 is a testament to Denis Villeneuve's ability to use light and composition to tell a story. The long, slow-burn of the pacing felt just like the original. Almost every frame could have been printed out and hung in a photography exhibit. Just beautiful work.

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

There's nothing quite like a thousand foot tall, and naked, advert when your weighing up life's options. That, at best, has got to be an inconvenience to your day somewhat. And here I thought adverts were obnoxious now. I wonder if there is an adblock palliative in this world...

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

Regan wrote:

There's nothing quite like a thousand foot tall, and naked, advert when your weighing up life's options. That, at best, has got to be an inconvenience to your day somewhat. And here I thought adverts were obnoxious now. I wonder if there is an adblock palliative in this world...

Smart glasses, but adblocking costs extra, and might not run all programs

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

I read the headline of an article on facebook; "this is how they pulled off that insane cameo" or something. I'm paraphrasing. I couldn't even remember a cameo. So I read the article, and it was Rachael....who was very obviously CG, and Tarkin was better.

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

Yeah, even as someone who didn't actually care that much for this film *ducks* I was impressed with his performance. It doesn't feel like the same character as the Deckard of the first film, but it's still a character. I love TFA and find him charming in it, but even there he was basically just playing the same Han he played in ROTJ, who's just the archetype of "Harrison Ford" but slightly more goofy.

Re: The Inevitable Blade Runner Thread *SPOILERS ABOUND*

Yeah, I always kind of just feel like Harrison Ford just plays Harrison Ford. Not in a bad way. I love good ol' Uncle Harry. But you see him try to take on a role that's outside the gamut of his normal routine and it's a bit painful (See "42", the Jackie Robinson biopic from a few years ago).

I do feel like the original Deckard was quieter. Definitely not the same. Not as goofy. Old Deckard didn't directly crack jokes, but there was a sliver of TFA goofiness to his character. Almost actions that demanded a half-laugh and a smirk. Not even a half laugh. Just a nod and an expulsion of air from the nostrils.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." - Han Solo, Terminator 2: With a Vengeance